Utilities
Ctg grapples with frequent power cuts
Frequent power cuts over the last week have left residents of Chattogram suffering.
Gas supply to remain shut in parts of Dhaka for 8hrs tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital from 10:00am to 6:00pm tomorrow due to gas pipeline replacement works
Unauthorised road excavation: Dhaka Wasa caught forging DSCC official's signature
Dhaka South City Corporation today seized equipment, belonging to Dhaka Wasa, used for digging work at Lalbagh near Shaheed Abdul Alim playground
Gas supply to remain suspended in parts of Dhaka
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital from 10:00am to 6:00pm tomorrow due to pipeline replacement works
Cyclone Remal: Southern districts face power cuts for over 36 hrs
2.70 crore subscribers of the country out of power
865,000 illegal gas connections snapped in last 2 yrs: Nasrul
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said in the last two years, a total of 865,000 illegal gas connections have been snapped
BPDB supplies record 16,233MW power
Bangladesh Power Development Board today supplied a record 16,233 megawatts of electricity as power demand increased due to a country-wide heatwave
Gas supply to remain suspended 10am-10pm in N'ganj tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended from 10:00am to 10:00pm tomorrow (Sunday) in different areas of Narayanganj for emergency repairing works on pipelines
$10 billion needed annually to import primary fuel for power generation: CPD
Bangladesh will have to spend annually $10 billion to import primary fuel for the operation of the power plants, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) at the seminar today
Power supply to return to normalcy very soon: Mannan
Planning Minister MA Mannan today said power supply will return to normalcy very soon as the government is working sincerely to produce electricity in the country
Official Facebook page of Desco gets hacked
The official Facebook page of Dhaka Electric Company Limited (Desco) has been hacked by miscreants
Gas supply to remain off in areas adjacent to Dhaka-Aricha highway, Kaliakoir tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended for 8 hours on both sides of the Dhaka-Aricha highway and in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district tomorrow for emergency replacement and removal of gas pipeline.
Coal shortage: Payra Power Plant to shut down after June 5
'We're struggling to import oil. We are diverting most of the gas to industries to keep those running,' says Nasrul Hamid
TIB condemns removal of Dhaka Wasa chairman
Transparency International Bangladesh has condemned the removal of former Dhaka Wasa chairman Golam Mostafa, who had filed a written complaint against the organisation's Managing Director Taqsem A Khan last week
Dhaka Wasa gets new chairman
Prof Sujit Kumar Bala has been appointed as the new chairman of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) board
Gas supply cut in parts of Mohammadpur
Titas Gas authorities suspended gas supply to six housing societies in the capital’s Mohammadpur yesterday.
Gas supply to remain halted in some parts of Dhaka tomorrow
Gas supply in some areas of Dhaka will remain suspended for three hours from 2:00 pm tomorrow due to emergency replacement of pipelines..There will be no gas supply in Moghbazar-Mouchak-Malibagh Railway Gate areas on the north side of the road during the three hours for emergency replaceme
Major gas leak in Rupganj repaired after 12 hours
There was no gas supply for at least 12 hours yesterday in some areas of Rupganj, Narayanganj